Resolution calling for a Referendum of No Confidence in Chancellor Mildred García, Interim President Emily Cutrer, and Provost Karen Moranski
Resolved: that the Sonoma State University (SSU) Academic Senate urge the California
State University (CSU) Board of Trustees to take immediate, bold, and decisive action to
terminate Chancellor Mildred Garcia’s appointment and to appoint leadership who are
committed to both the values and mission of the CSU system and to authentic shared
governance with CSU faculty; and be it
Resolved: that the SSU Academic Senate urge the CSU Board of Trustees to
immediately undertake a search for a permanent President for SSU, to restore
accountability, to promote stability in leadership, and to appoint a leader who will uphold
the values and mission of SSU; and be it
Resolved: that the SSU Academic Senate urge the CSU Board of Trustees to take
immediate, bold, and decisive action to terminate Provost Moranski and to bring in new
leadership who are committed to both the values and mission of SSU, and to meaningful
shared governance with SSU faculty; and be it
Resolved: that the SSU Academic Senate sponsor an all-faculty referendum on the
resolution of no confidence in Chancellor García’s, Interim President Cutrer’s, and
Provost Moranski’s leadership as outlined in the ballot below, and include this resolution
and its accompanying rationale in the ballot statement; and therefore be it
Resolved, that this resolution be distributed to the following for serious and timely
consideration, and for even wider issuance:
● Governor Gavin Newsom
● Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis
● U.S. Representative Mike Thompson
● Senate Pro Tem Mike McGuire; Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
● State Senator Christopher Cabaldon
● Assemblymember Chris Rogers
● Assemblymember Damon Connolly
● Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas
● State Senator John Laird
● Assembly Education Committee Chair Al Muratsuchi
● Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee 1 Chair John Laird
● Assembly Higher Education Committee Chair Mike Fong
● Assembly Budget Committee Chair Jesse Gabriel
● Assembly Budget Subcommittee 3 Chair David Alvarez
● CSU Board of Trustees
● Chancellor Mildred García
● SSU Interim President Emily Cutrer
● SSU Provost Karen Moranski
● SSU Vice President of Administration and Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Monir Ahmed
● SSU Vice President for Advancement Mario Perez
● SSU Vice President for Strategic Enrollment Ed Mills
● SSU Vice President for Student Affairs Gerald L. Jones
● SSU Senior Director of Athletics Nicole Annaloro
● Save Seawolves Athletics, Benjamin Ziemer
● California Faculty Association
● California State University Employees Union
● Teamsters Local 2010
● UAW Academic Student Employee
● Academic Senate of the CSU Chair Elizabeth Boyd
● Emeritus and Retired Faculty and Staff Association (ERFSA)
● American Association of University Professors
● SSU Chair of Staff Council Gillian Estes
● SSU Associated Students President Vanessa Sanchez
● Students for Quality Education (SQE) Northern California Student Organizing
Coordinator Ade Guiterrez-Diaz
● Sonoma State Alumni Association
● Joseph Saveri Law Firm
● Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
● Rohnert Park Mayor Gerard Giudice
● Rohnert Park City Council
● Santa Rosa Mayor Mark Stapp
● Santa Rosa City Council
● The Press Democrat, Marissa Endicott, Austin Murphy, and Chris Fusco
● The Chronicle of Higher Education Editor-in-Chief Michael G. Riley and
Managing Editor Evan R. Goldstein
● Inside Higher Ed Managing Editor Tim Phang and Editor-in-Chief Sara Custer
● EdSource, Amy DiPierro
● SF Chronicle, Nanette Asimov
● CBS News Bay Area, Tony Hicks
● KGO-TV, ABC7 Bay Area, Cornell Barnard, Monica Madden, J.R. Stone, Lena
Howland, and Tara Campbell
● KQED, Katie DeBenedetti
● KRCB, Noah Abrams and Michelle Marques
● CalMatters, Mikhail Zinshteyn
● LA Times, Colleen Shalby
● SSU STAR, Austin Metzger, Mackenzie Blosser, and Rylan Valdepena